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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Ethics question: biz owners, second shooters and social media | |
myam203 wrote:
this guy actually went and said "look at this great shot I took."
Is that definitely what happened and you have seen this yourself or just going on what was said here?
If you have seen it that is a bit different but if not, you know the old thing about there always being 3 sides.... :0)
And I think that's the real trouble with these things, the actual and the perceived.
There are always so many details that can't be known by 3rd parties in these situations.
Even if the guy did claim the shot as his own, so what? It's not that much different to them running an ad to promote the studio using one of his images because it would be assumed that the studio owner took them. And it's the same with the shots in the couples album. I'm pretty sure that studios don't put a credit for every shot to the respective shooter. When someone sees that album and sees the branding in the cover Sams snaps studio, they are going to assume Sam took them.
The other thing is, as upsetting as it may be to some, the studio has a lot invested in it's branding and there are pitfalls in crediting the 2nd shooters.
I found this myself in a studio I worked for. The prescribed style was very bread and butter. Me being young and even dumber than I am now thought I knew better and went out and shot this off the wall style wedding.
The problem was, the clients absoloutley loved it. So did the relatives who saw it and had only been married months before and wanted to know why they didn't get that style and suddenly weren't so happy. Then the friends who were getting married ( got to love close knit ethnic communities) rang the studio owner and wanted the same guy to shoot their wedding in a few weeks. Problem was, I would be away at a family wedding and sure as hell none of the other old timers that worked there could do what I did, they hated it. When we all did the same thing it was never a problem. when one smart arse wanted to show off, then the excrement impacted the rotating air relocating apparatus.
The upshot was the guy I worked for and liked a lot had to take a dive on keeping the past clients happy with thrown in goodies that cost him materials and revenue and ended up losing the future clients who went off looking for someone to shoot this other style they now wanted.
That guy did a lot for me and I felt like dirt over this. I never tried to be a hero there again. There were very valid business reasons that we should all stick to the level the studio was known for and prospered from it happy client's.
I can see where the studio owner in this case could be making a rod for his own back by attributing work to anyone but himself. He says Fred took this shot and the next client wants Fred to shoot their wedding and Fred isn't available and then there is a problem. Or, as eluded to, now those clients go off trying to find fred and and hes got the job that the other guys promotional efforts have paid for.
Now Fred may not like missing out on his credit and by the moral book it may not be the fairest thing in the world BUT, it's not Fred who is investing the money in advertising and promotions and taking the financial risks either. He turns up, does his thing, gets his money and is happy as .
Why is fred shooting for other people? Perhaps he doesn't want to take the risk, put in the time, have the interest or dedication that the people he's working for do? Maybe there are other reasons he's working for other studios and not doing all his own jobs?
In any case, the aggrieved shooter should simply move on and not shoot for that person again if he is so unhappy with the situation. In this case he may also lose the work with the other studio but you can't have your cake and eat it too. Life is unfair sometimes and you have to learn to deal with it.
At least by only working for himself he can make sure he gets the " credit" for every single shot posted on the net.
Question is, what's more important, The recognition or the cash from the other jobs?
Edited on Mar 24, 2015 at 09:23 AM · View previous versions
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Mar 24, 2015 at 08:39 AM |
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